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From: gail@calmasd.UUCP (Gail B. Hanrahan)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: ``they'' vs *US*
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Date: Tue, 14-May-85 16:33:58 EDT
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Reply-To: gail@calmasd.UUCP (Gail B. Hanrahan)
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Can anyone define exactly what provocative clothing is?

Several years ago, there was a court case from Minnesota? in
which a judge decided that a teenage (14 or so) female
hitchhiker who was raped "asked for it" because she was wearing
"provocative clothing" -- jeans and a t-shirt.  I believe the
judge was later removed from the bench.

The point is, provocative is going to mean different things to 
different people.  Some people are going to think that a woman
in a skirt short enough to show the ankle is provocative; for
others showing the knee might be provocative.  

"Provocative clothing" is no excuse for rape.  Don't try to
blame women for someone else's lack of control (or sanity).